Guadalajara vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Guadalajara	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1035	$742
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2624	$2255
🏠 One person rent	$463	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$927	$834
🍽️ Food expenses	$395	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$81	$70.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$841	$1117
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	49	97
😀 Quality of life	57	75
🏙️ Population	1.46M	18.7M

The cost of living in Guadalajara is 39% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 5084th and 6607th ($1035 vs $742) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 54th in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Guadalajara compared to 1.5 months in Guangzhou. Guadalajara ranked 6th best city to live in Mexico vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 5724th and 955th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guadalajara vs Guangzhou

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	Guadalajara	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.2	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.9	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.63	$4.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.2	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.6	$3.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.3	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$359	$259
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1139	$1120
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$791	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.6	$37.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.9	$57.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.1	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.24%	4.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2720	$10173
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1688	$4278
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.59	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.9	$12.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.33	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.64	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.15	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.86	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.65	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.17	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.67	$5.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.24	$5.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.8	$27.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5	$6.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.7	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$8.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$43.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.1	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$254	$423
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7804	$18235

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Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$785
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1217
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$873
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$867
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$865
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$854
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$818
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$672
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$846
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$818
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$812
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$681
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$881
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$789
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1303
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$912
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$774
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$830
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$741
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$763
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$1094
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$1076
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$707
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$812
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$630
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$774
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$765
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$682
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1384
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$784
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$984
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$996
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$900
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$915
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$994
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$793
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$781
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1185

Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$575
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$589
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$812
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$781
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$481
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$618
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$816
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$939
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1565
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$837
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$830
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2410
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$891
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$856
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$876
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$824
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$774
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$1083
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$785
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$831
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$857
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$752
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$738
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$799
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$716
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$806
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$812
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$588
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$589
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$735
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$525
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$584
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$596
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$611
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$530
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$713
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$620